Go with Your Gut | Think Like a Champion Chapter Review
Book: Think Like a Champion: An Informal Education in Business and Life Author: Donald J. Trump ISBN: 978-0-78674-757-3
Everyone has instincts. The key is using them. Good credentials help. Without instincts it is still hard to reach the top.
This part is hard to explain. Some instincts have no clear reason. But signs point toward or away from deals and people.
When he met Mark Burnett he knew right away Burnett was solid. Other times he has felt an aversion with no details. He trusts that now.
Jung said the conscious mind uses only five percent. Tapping the rest can bring big results. That may feed perception.
Tune in. In tense moments you watch everything close. That is one way to notice instincts at work. Logic and gut can differ. Use both.
When buying 40 Wall Street everyone said turn it to homes. His gut said business location. He was right. It is worth over five hundred million now.
Golf courses felt right by instinct. He already liked golf. That passion plus top designers led to good results. He pairs instinct with logic.
Pay attention to what your gut says. Treat it as a skill. In the jungle a guide beats a map alone. Your instincts are that guide.
The Burnett first impression held. The 40 Wall Street call worked.
Treating gut as buildable skill is useful. It improves with practice.
The limit is how to train it. He says spend time with it. For some that part stays buried under doubt or past bad calls.
The five percent split is old. The idea of more going on below the surface still fits.
He keeps both logic and instinct. That avoids pure feeling.
The guide line is simple. A guide sees current ground. Your gut does that for lived experience.
Do not ignore the signals already there. Use them with the facts.
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